This Date in Baseball

"The Babe was a great ballplayer, sure. But Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy." -TRIS SPEAKER, Hall of Fame outfielder (1907-1928)


1905 Christy Matthewson blanks Philadelphia in Game 1 of the World Series, 3-0. The New York ace will blank the A's twice more with each of the Fall Classic games being a shutout.
1909 With 7-2 victory, highlighted by Ty Cobb's steal of home, the Tigers knot World Series at one game apiece with Pirates.
1910 Ty Cobb, who sits out the last two games, wins the third of his nine consecutive batting titles by edging Nap Lajoie, who had six bogus hits on the last day, by less than a percentage point.
1915 Woodrow Wilson becomes, who becomes the first president to attend a World Series game, sees Red Sox hurler Rube Foster limits the Phillies to just three hits en route to a 2-1 victory in Game 2 of the Fall Classic.
1919 The White Sox lose the World Series to the underdog Reds, but before next season begins eight Chicago players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, will be accused of accepting bribes to purposely throw the games.

1934 Commissioner Landis makes Cardinal Joe Medwick leave Game 7 of the World Series for 'his own safety'. The Tiger fans are upset with his aggressive slide into third and the angry mob begins hurling fruit at the St. Louis outfielder during the Cards 11-0 series-clinching win.
1928 At Sportsman Park, the Yankees sweep their second consecutive Fall Classic beating the Cardinals 7-3. Babe Ruth, as he did in the 1926 World Series, enjoys a three-home run day going deep in the fourth, seventh (after not striking out after an ump rules a quick pitch) and the eighth inning.
1938 Sweeping the Cubs in four games, the Yankees become the first team in major league history to win three consecutive World Series. Red Ruffing goes the distance beating Chicago, 8-3, at Yankee Stadium.
1948 Behind the solid pitching of Steve Gromek, the Indians win pivotal Game 4 of the Fall Classic edging the Braves, 2-1, to take a 3-1 series lead. Larry Doby's home run, the first by a black player in World Series history, provides the difference in the Tribe's victory.

1966 Happening just only three times previously in World Series history, the Orioles for the second consecutive day win a Fall Classic game, 1-0 game decided a home run. Frank Robinson takes a Don Drysdale pitch deep over the left field fence in the fourth inning accounting for the game's only run giving Baltimore a four-game sweep over the Dodgers.
2005 At Minute Maid Park, Chris Burke’ 18th inning homer ends the longest postseason game in baseball history as the Astros defeat the Braves, 7-6, to advance into the National League championship series. Atlanta’s five-run lead late in the game is erased with an eighth inning grand slam by Lance Berkman and a two-out ninth inning solo shot by Brad Ausmus, which barely clears Gold Glove center fielder Andruw Jones outstretched hand.